Yes mam! But it was a real treat to eyes. madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
-----Original Message----- From: ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:14:58 To: <formpeja...@yahoo.com> Cc: Satish Phadke<drsmpha...@gmail.com>; Efloraindia<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>; Gurcharan Singh<singh...@gmail.com>; Balkar Arya<balkara...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:81400] Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD 024Brachichiton acerifolius Yes, Satish ji and Madhuri...that's what I thought this week when the Firmiana came up... like minds think alike, ? :) ... usha di Thanks Tanay On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:32 PM, <formpeja...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It had occured to me too. Except stigma is smaller. > Madhuri > ------Original Message------ > From: Satish Phadke > Sender: Efloraindia > To: ushadi Micromini > Cc: Efloraindia > Cc: Gurcharan Singh > Cc: Balkar Arya > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:81359] Malvaceae week 0905- 9112011 UD > 024Brachichiton acerifolius > Sent: Sep 12, 2011 11:09 AM > > Oh what a beauty!. Thanks for sharing. Thoughts came to mind.... The > tree shares some characters with our native Firmiana colorata. Both have > acer like leaves. Flowers same colour and pattern (Tepals)though size shape > differs. Both from Malvaceae (Sterculiaceae) Dr Phadke On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 > at 12:21 AM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: Malvaceae > week 0905 9112011 UD 024 Brachichiton acerifolius > > Dear All: > Family: Malvaceae > Genus: Brachychiton > Species: B. acerifolius > > This also called Illawarra flame tree, is from Australia, > But I found it in Sandiego, Souther California , driving past park… could > stop only for a few seconds… and grabbed these pictures… came home took me a > while to track down what it was.. this intensely crimson tree is not so > common… looking through images of hundreds of red flowered tree yielded > results… it’s a Brachychiton acerifolius… the story ended there, I had a > beautiful curiosity on my hands, so what… but then I joined eflora … and one > day Mr Raman submitted one to ID from Bangalore… lo !!!! And he even > sent me some seeds.. I have planted 6 of these , will update when I have > something to show … > > In the mean time the thread that helped me /us to see that it also grows > in India is here: > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/f03d01e57c2c8baf/6d2edcf81d8b4801?#6d2edcf81d8b4801 > Even in Australia I have been told that its widely cultivated… in > parks….and in San Diego does not seem to have been invasive so far… not seen > any reports to suggest it is.. > > Enjoy > Usha di > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
